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...?

[ ... Not again. "Rest in peace" is clearly an outdated term, so have Camus. He's here pretty much contemplating existence right about now, but feel free to poke him. He might even be a better conversationalist while he's confused. Maybe. ]

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Not another Saint...?

Is this significant to you?

Ah, sorry...it's just another--well, I guess she wasn't a Saint, but she was from the same world--anyway, she showed up only a little while ago. And there are three other Saints here already.

I'm Li Shengshun. You?

Camus.

Camus?

Aquarius Camus?

[Long, rather incredulous silence.]

...He said you were dead.

... You seem excessively familiar with us.

S-sorry...that was rude of me. [Shakes his head, still kind of rattled.] The other Saints here are from the same world, but they're from different versions of it, or different times. It shouldn't have surprised me as much as it did.

Ah, this is the Astral Plane. It's a crossroads between worlds, and it's also an experiment the Twins and Ms. Sault are running.

Which one told you all this?

The stars are different here.

Mu--ah, Aries Mu, that is--told me some of it. Scorpio Milo told me the other things. He...mentioned you a few times. [Isn't sure how much he should say.]

[Small smile as Hei looks out at the Astral Plane.] They are. The constellations are all jumbled. I don't recognize a lot of them. It makes it kind of an adventure to find everything.

... I see. Have they both been here very long?

It's unsettling.

Mu's been here...three months, maybe? Milo arrived after I did, and I arrived I think two months ago. [Pauses.] Milo was...killed a few days ago, but death seems to be impermanent here. [Bitterly,] The Twins don't like their guinea pigs dying off, I guess.

[Expression softens.] I suppose it is. I'm still getting used to being able to see stars at all.

I'm well aware of the circumstances of his death. [A little abruptly. He pauses.] What right is it of theirs to toy with lives?

... Are stars so uncommon?

...I see. [Pauses as well.] They shouldn't have the right, but we're in their territory now. As long as this experiment is running, they can do what they want.

Where I'm from, all the stars are fake.

They are no gods.

It sounds like no world I can envy.

No, but we can't kill them, and we can't escape from here, either. Well, it's possible to go back to where you were, but...[Shakes his head, unable to explain the weird sort of omnipresence of the Astral Plane, and how it compels you to come back.]

[Smiles, a little sadly this time.] No, I suppose not.

I've lived there on enough borrowed time. This is not Athena's will.

You could see this as a second chance, I suppose.

Such would imply that there are things left undone. I accomplished what I meant to.

There is a French saying, L'excès en tout est un défaut. Do you know what it means?

I...see. I didn't mean to imply that you hadn't...

[Shakes his head no.]

"Excess in all is a fault". I'm not interested in immortality. Even if death can be surpassed, there must be a point at which some things should not be disturbed. Don't you agree?

[Has to think about this for awhile.]

I do.

Then there is nothing more to be said.

[Nods and falls silent.]

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